 |
| http://www.facebook.com/SomethingUncomfortableSteppingFromFearToFreedom |
My
kids and their cousins were playing outside this morning when I heard a strange
rustling behind me. I had the uncomfortable feeling that there was a fairly
large animal sitting there… watching me. I turned around and found this guy:
My
gut reaction was to kick it into the neighbor’s yard. Instead, I called the
kids over. My son was particularly determined to pick it up for a closer look.
Of course, he had no desire to actually touch
it. And so began our little dance to try and get this thing into the air.
Leaves
and sticks didn’t work. And then I had the brilliant idea to use the sand
shovel. I scooped it up… it flipped on its back… and I almost screamed. Those
things are NASTY! My son was
thrilled!
I
hate bugs, but being momentarily uncomfortable is better than encouraging my
kids to be afraid of them. Right?
On
a side note, the other day, my daughter came in from the front porch and said, “Look
what I found, Mommy! Isn’t it gross?” I yelped when I realized she was holding
a fairly large and fuzzy dead spider… in
her hand! I assumed she didn’t know what it was and asked her as much. She
responded with, “I thought it was a spider. That’s what it looks like!” SERIOUSLY?!?! Who is this child?
And
now let’s be done with the insect uncomfortables… please!
What
uncomfortable things do you tolerate in order to humor your kids?
No comments:
Post a Comment